Admin changed my password? Zos were you hacked?

idk

Ackwalan wrote: »

Looks like the game password and forum password are now separate from each other.

You are correct. Just verified they are not different.

Extremely unprofessional that this was not communicated with us ahead of time. Many will think they were banned or hacked as a result of the lack of communication from Zos. There is no excuse for such an omission. Matt Firor needs to take communicating with us seriously.

ChunkyCat

I definitely thought I was finally banned.

Guess I’ll have to step up my troll game.

SeaGtGruff

My game password and forum password have always been different.

I wonder if this means we'll need to relink our game account to our Twitch account?

L_Nici

@SeaGtGruff I just checked my account twitch is still linked. And about the Ingame password and Forum password mine is also different since ever.

Sylianwe

Zacuel wrote: »

It was a glitch in the matrix. If you die here you die in real life.

Phew that was close. We almost all died.

I think you're right.

ApostateHobo

Wish zos would give us some info on what this was about

Sylvermynx

Mine were the same. So I reset this one to something else. My account and game logins are fine on the other one. A warning would have been nice, yes.

Gythral

Me too...
Seems to be doing the rounds, or is it that someone tried to silence the forum

Bekkael

Yeah, that sucked. Thanks for the heads up ZOS! 🙄

AcadianPaladin

Same. Would appreciate comment from ZOS on this.

daemonios

This has happened to me before. I got a huge scare, thinking my details, including game account, might have been hacked. I didn't realise then that the account and forum login details are separate, so I panicked and changed the ones for my account, then when I still couldn't log in to the forums I was really confused. Now it happened again, but I checked and can still log in to my account with the old password.

As usual, mum's the word at Zenimax Online Studios. If something isn't discussed, then it didn't happen, right? Right?

Ackwalan

Luckily for me I use the same password for everything, even on my luggage.

zaria

CiliPadi wrote: »

Ackwalan wrote: »

Looks like the game password and forum password are now separate from each other.

I thought they were always separate. At least for me.

i thought they was the same and had the same password.
And yes separating out forum has security benefits.

If same password was the issue why not simply state it.
"You have to change you forum password as it match your ESO account one.
Having two passwords will increase your ESO account security.
(forum security is a bit more broken than the dungeon finder)

Karivaa

I got the same message.

Alinhbo_Tyaka

I had the same thing happen. I don't know when exactly the reset happened but I was on the forums this morning and found I couldn't get back in when I tried to get on around 6 PM EST.

It would be nice if ZOS would tell us what happened or even better post a news item when they actually did the reset.

Lumenn

While laws are different in different areas(when and if notice is given) if a breach occurred the company should immediately inform customers or possibly be held liable for negligence. Zos has a reputation for keeping silent even when it hurts them but surely this would be an exception....

gp1680

Another great communication effort by ZOS. Thanks for the explanation!

Konstant_Tel_Necris

Got same message, but I used long password before and put even longer now lol.

UrQuan

zaria wrote: »

CiliPadi wrote: »

Ackwalan wrote: »

Looks like the game password and forum password are now separate from each other.

I thought they were always separate. At least for me.

i thought they was the same and had the same password.
And yes separating out forum has security benefits.

If same password was the issue why not simply state it.
"You have to change you forum password as it match your ESO account one.
Having two passwords will increase your ESO account security.
(forum security is a bit more broken than the dungeon finder)

Well it definitely wasn't only for people who had the same password for both, because I haven't ever had the same password for both and I got hit with it too.

oddbasket

I thought I was hacked, so after this 'admin' reset my password, I went to the website and reset my account password again, and now my game and forum passwords are exactly the same!

Totally defeats the purpose!

Communications man.... advance notice when making these types of changes....

The people handling this game really sucks... being bad at their jobs on a whole new level...

VerboseQuips

I also had to change my password on the forum. I'd like to know what happened, too.

Ydrisselle

My game and forum passwords were also different, and I had to change my forum password too. I'm not even surprised that there is nothing about it in the forum since it's Saturday and nobody is working...

bmnoble

Just had to reset my password a little while ago.

Would be nice to get an explanation since it seems to have affected quite a few people.

Shardaxx

Same here.

devilsTear

Yeah I just got this too. Weird 🤔

Elsonso

This is a good opportunity to choose a new, more secure, password. Gone are the days when they could be a mere 8 characters. Mine is a 70 word paragraph from my favorite book. Sadly, I cannot type worth a damn, so it can take me a couple hours to get it right when I sign in.

Glurin

I just assumed it was some automatic thing. Use the same password for too long or log in with it too many times and you get an automatic password change. It's not unheard of.

And like @lordrichter said, what used to be strong passwords ain't so strong anymore, so it's a good idea to update them anyway. His example was a little on the extreme side, but using a passphrase instead of a password is also good advice. Not only is it harder to break, but it's also easier to remember.

Bekkael

It also happened on my phone in addition to my laptop, so all forms of the site were affected, mobile included.

Aurie

We all await ZOS' explanations and apologies with interest, once they care to put in an appearance after the weekend.

Deohjo

The admin can't even log in from outside ATM, so there is no comment
Wait until wipe off the bbq sauce on their hands